You can also contact the safety teams at the following social media sites for help:

Facebook: You can use this form to anonymously report someone as suicidal on Facebook. A member of Facebook’s Safety Team will send the user an email with the Lifeline number and/or a link to chat with a Lifeline counselor. [Tweet this.]

Twitter: Use this support form and select “report self harm” in the drop-down window to send an email to Twitter notifying them of a suicidal user. Twitter will send the user a direct message with the Lifeline number. [Tweet this.]

YouTube: You can report suicidal content by clicking on the flag icon under a video and select “Harmful dangerous acts” and then “Suicide or self injury” (see below).

YouTube will review the content and may send a message to the user with the Lifeline phone number.

Whether you’re connected IRL (that’s “in real life”) or through a social networking site, you’re never on your own when a friend needs help. Use these resources to connect your friend in crisis with trained professionals who know how to handle the situation.